Bishop John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Kimberley

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Jan 1903		Born	West Point, NE, USA
11 Jul 1927	24.5	Ordained Priest	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate
24 Mar 1953	50.2	Appointed	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
3 May 1953	50.3	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
1 Jul 1974	71.4	Resigned	Bishop of Kimberley, South Africa
7 Aug 1982	79.5	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Kimberley, South Africa

a priest for 55.1 years
a bishop for 29.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Maturino Blanchet, O.M.I. †
Bishop Jean-Louis-Antoine-Joseph Coudert, O.M.I. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Boekenfoehr, O.M.I. † (1953)
Pietro Cardinal Fumasoni Biondi † (1916)
Domenico Cardinal Serafini, O.S.B. † (1900)
Serafino Cardinal Vannutelli † (1869)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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